Monumento al Taxista - Buenos Aires, Argentina
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S 34° 36.260 W 058° 21.680
21H E 375176 N 6169991
Reconocimiento a los miles de hombres y mujeres que día a día prestan un servicio tan importante para la ciudad de Buenos Aires
Waymark Code: WM17A66
Location: Argentina
Date Posted: 01/12/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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El hombre está de pie y en su mano derecha sostiene la tradicional billetera rectangular y de cuero, un clásico en su oficio, aunque ahora sean de plástico. Se lo ve acodado cómodamente como si se tratara de la barra de un bar. Pero no lo es porque el punto de apoyo lo aporta un Siam Di Tella 1500, ese modelo de automóvil que en la década de 1960 y algunos años más fue sinónimo de taxi en Buenos Aires.

Realizado en tamaño natural, el monumento fue creado como homenaje a los miles de choferes que día y noche forman parte del paisaje porteño como integrantes de otro servicio de transporte en una Ciudad grande en extensión y millonaria en población.

Inaugurada el 16 de noviembre de 2012, la obra está en Avenida de los Italianos y Macacha Güemes, Puerto Madero. Su autor es el artista plástico Fernando Pugliese, un hombre que, además, es músico, abogado e historiador. Dicen que de chico (cuando estaba pupilo en un colegio en Quilmes), en la madera de los lápices y con una hojita de afeitar, tallaba la cara de sus profesores. Creador de más de mil obras, el monumento dedicado al taxista se lo encargó la gente del Sindicato de Peones de Taxis, quienes lo donaron a la Ciudad. Tanto el trabajo como su emplazamiento fueron aprobados por los legisladores porteños.

El monumento Al Taxista (según su nombre oficial) se hizo usando un material sintético que se suele utilizar en la industria naval. Son polímeros especiales que soportan los rigores de la intemperie y que luego pueden recibir un patinado especial que los hace parecer de bronce. Por supuesto, el costo es mucho menor al que generaría el uso de ese metal. Después de debatir cómo sería la obra, se optó por la réplica de un Siam Di Tella. Seguramente para esa decisión fue clave el recuerdo de la historia de Rolando Rivas, taxista, aquella novela que, con libreto de Alberto Migré, se hizo muy popular en esos años. El personaje, desarrollado por el actor Claudio García Satur, comenzó usando un auto de esa marca.

The man is standing and in his right hand he is holding the traditional rectangular leather wallet, a classic in his trade, although now it is made of plastic. He is seen leaning comfortably as if it were a bar counter. But it is not because the point of support is provided by a Siam Di Tella 1500, that car model that in the 1960s and a few years later was synonymous with a taxi in Buenos Aires.

Realized in natural size, the monument was created as a tribute to the thousands of drivers who day and night are part of the Buenos Aires landscape as members of another transportation service in a city that is large in size and has a million-dollar population.

Inaugurated on November 16, 2012, the work is on Avenida de los Italianos and Macacha Güemes, Puerto Madero. Its author is the plastic artist Fernando Pugliese, a man who is also a musician, lawyer and historian. They say that as a boy (when he was a pupil at a school in Quilmes), he carved the faces of his teachers on the wood of the pencils and with a razor blade. Creator of more than a thousand works, the monument dedicated to the taxi driver was commissioned by the people of the Taxi Workers Union, who donated it to the City. Both the work and its location were approved by the Buenos Aires legislators.

The monument to the Taxi Driver (according to its official name) was made using a synthetic material that is often used in the naval industry. They are special polymers that withstand the rigors of the weather and can then receive a special patination that makes them look like bronze. Of course, the cost is much less than what the use of that metal would generate. After debating what the work would look like, a replica of a Siam Di Tella was chosen. Surely the memory of the story of Rolando Rivas, taxi driver, that novel that, with a libretto by Alberto Migré, became very popular in those years, was key to that decision. The character, developed by the actor Claudio García Satur, began using a car of that brand.

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Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Monumento al taxista

Figure Type: Human

Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Fernando Pugliese

Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 11/16/2012

Materials used: Polímero

Location: Avenida de los Italianos y Macacha Güemes, Puerto Madero

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